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My Inspiron 620 MB got fried by lightening and I'm thinking of replacing it with the MB from a 4600. Will this MB fit and work without causing problems?

If my PC is going to take up about 350 watts, what wattage power supply should I get?

Well, £27 including postage. I've always wanted a small-form PC so I bought this one on eBay just to mess around with and then I'll sell it on or give it away. It's just a toy. But what can I really do with it apart from use it as a door-stop? I suppose that's why it was £20. It does come with...

Hi, i am looking for a CPU for my first computer build. My budget is $700-800 CAD but can go a little over that. The games i mainly play are CS:GO and Rocket League and i would like to run these games on the highest setting with 60+ FPS. I am wondering what the best CPU i can get for the...

Explanation: I'm not sure what happened to my pc, I didn't use it for one day and it gave me this problem. At first, i started getting random freeze and i had to do a hard reset everytime it freeze. It kept freezing after a while of use (I'm not sure the cause of it) I started reinstalling...

Another doubt it would be if it will scale well.I guess it would be better than two 7990... Thanks in advance.

Hey, I made a new build with a budget of 1500- 1600 dollars and i just wanted some opinion on my build and if i could change something to make it better.Please note that the price of the whole build is higher than my budget, but I am gonna buy the parts when there is a good sale on it. Build...

I have a Rosewill blawkhawk mid-tower case. I recently looked into replacing the top front intake fan with a static pressure fan. I have removed both bottom HDD cages because I only run 1 HDD and 1 SSD drive.So i figured the bottom intake fan is fine as a AF fan. Do you think it is really...

Having not owned a laptop are there considerations I'm neglecting? Budget of approx £600, been looking for a laptop, and while I'm not after a dedicated gaming laptop (favourite devs are console focused anyway) I want to see what I van squeeze out performance-wise for the budget. Been looking...

Hello, So I've been rendering videos lately and my cpu has been Getting rather hot. I have a corsair h100i but it seems to have not been doing well. I've reseated it a couple times but I can never get the temp to stay in the low thirty's on idle. any Ideas on what to do? Oh and when rendering I...

Before telling me that there are other problems similar to my own and tell me to check those out, know that I have checked most of them and have done the methods described and it has not worked for me. I recently bought the EVGA GTX 950 SC+ 2gb Graphics card. When plugging it into my...

i say max because that was the largest file size for standard at the time before the leap to sdhc. im seeing adapters for microsd/sdhc to sd. are these adapters compliant with the original sd card specs? will i be able to have modern microsd/hc convenience in this adapter and will it work in my...

My rig: i5 4460 @ 3.2GHz 8 gb RAM GTX 750 gigabyte My gtx 750 is normal and not the overclocked version. This rig is expected to play games at medium to low at 40fps at 1080p, I have seen a guy on youtube with a weaker cpu and the same gpu play gta V on 1080p at medium to low settings. I on the...

Hello everybody I am currently thinking to create an online bog-forum using WordPress and in the future i am thinking to expand this website and include also a store. I will start building this website using WordPress because it's fast and easy. In the future that i want i will most probably...

Hi, I upgraded my mobo from a 770t to a new GA-970a-us3p. Ever since then I've been getting reboots when I play a video or netflix. I've tried: prime95 stress test with no problems, memtest with no problems updated the drivers updated the bios to fb replaced the video card and power supply (I...

Hi anyone. I'm Currently using: Intel Core i5 6600k (not overclocked yet) with just a Deepcool Gammaxx 400 HSF. 8 GB RAM Gigabyte Z170-HD3-DDR3 I'm using Enermax Max Pro 600W EMP600AGT PSU inside my rig. Last thing I don't have is a GPU. I need a recommended GPU for my system I've built for...

i was wondering if i could game most games at 2560x1440 with this graphics card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202158 i was also wondering what FPS i would most likely get?

I bought a new APC-back UPS 600CI few days ago. It works fine under the normal load. But when I play games like battlefield 4 or start rendering 3D models, as I am a 3D modeller (3DS Max only), my UPS starts blinking RED and GREEN. Blinks and beeps every ~4 seconds. Any suggestion is...

Today i saw something like this http://prntscr.com/87wgsp on my old motherboard , is it something important or no ?

At the moment I have 2x2 gb of ram, Samsung, Dual Channel DDR3 @ 668 mhz (9-9-9-24). Can I upgrade to for instance 2x4 gb and if so what would be a good choice, perhaps around £70 to £80. Thanks

I recently bought a PC , and it's liquid cooled. In the first day , I added 2 hard drives and that's the only time I've opened the side panel. Earlier today , the fan that's on the radiator has become very loud. I've only had this PC for about a week. The noise never stops , and after a while...

So my windows has a new update but whilst downloading it keeps giving me this error *Code 80070663*. I did a little research but from what i see i must download somekind of program etc. Can't i fix the issue without downloading anything ? Thanks for the help. P.S.I could put a picture but all...

Hey so my buddy is having a problem with his PC. All of sudden he is getting a boot-up issue. When he powers on the rig, his drives boot up, his fans start up along with all the lights within the chassis, but for some reason there is no video output. He tested this on his monitor and a TV to no...

Hello, I'm in need for new pair of headphones since my old ones broke. I don't need mic in the headset so I'd rather not waste money for that (e.g. no siberia v2). I play games like CS:GO so stereo would be required. I will get external sound card later. The price point I was looking for was...

How much can you overclock a GTX 750 with 8gb of RAM?

Hey guys so I just have some simple questions. I'm building a new gaming rig. Here are the component Http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Tpvdwp One question is how does the ethernet connection work? I see options for wired or wireless adapters. What is that. Do I have to bit that also or are the parts...

Hi there: I have been running my desktop on 4GB of RAM for the last several years. It is the same 2 sticks of RAM initially bought during the configuration. Recently, I have tried to add additional RAM (8GB of RAM) and keep receiving the same BSOD each time. The BSOD typically happens after I...

Hey guys I was hoping someone here can help me out. I understand the following things the way I describe them below, please feel free to correct me. Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM): You can use this one time and one time only. It will write the license code to the Motherboard and only be...

I have a Rosewell silent night 500W PSU with a 6+2 that branches out to another 6+2 for SLI. Issue is the GPU has two 6 pin connectors. Should I plug in just the 6+2, or combine the 6's together and leave out the +2 pins? Or am I going to need an adapter/diffrent cable?

I prefer AMD over Intel for all you Intel lovers out there. Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core 3.5GHz AM3+ Processor - AM3+, Eight-Core, 3.5GHz, 16MB, 125W, Unlocked -> $150 @ TigerDirect Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AM3+ Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 990FX/SB950, DDR3 1866...

Hello, I’m sorry if this is a stupid question, but I will ask anyway! I am thinking of buying the Samsung Pro 64GB MicroSDXC card. My question is will the card run at the same speed if I connect it to a USB adapter, or would it take a performance hit compared to using it with a dedicated Micro...

Hello! I was listening to spotify, when I realized my music levels were a bit low, but everything was maxed. So I went to playback devices, opened my speaker properties and tried to remove the Loudness Equalization option to see if that was really making a difference to my sound levels. However...

CPU: Intel i5-4460 MOBO: Asus H81M-D because i have no idea how to bios update if i do have to how can i do that is the cpu doesnt work? can it boot bios? note: buying parts

how do i install windows 8.1 x64 in a 32-bit operating system, but my processor is 64-bit. i was trying to install windows 8.1 from a windows 7, but i didnt know that x86 was for 32-bit only, please help?

I'm purchasing the ASUS Maximus VII Formula and later on a Intel i7 4790K. I just wanted to know if I should wait to for the new CPU before using the new motherboard or just use older Pentium G3220 for now? BTW: There would be at the minimum a two month period where I wouldn't be able to use...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jqnHrH I'm trying to build small computer for my self, I've got a budget of ~$1000 and I'm going to use it for LAN parties. I don't need an OS and a monitor, just the tower. I also prefer nvidia graphics cards.

FM1, FM2, FM2+... AMD changed sockets with every new architecture. Carrizo-L is supposed to be out for the laptops in december. But the desktop version is a mystery. I couldn't find anything on it's socket, except for Wikipedia's claim that it will be FM2+, a claim that quotes a german article...

My generic usb 3.0 drive, while plugged into my front usb 3.0 port every few seconds disconnects and then reconnects a few seconds later. It keeps on doing this repeatedly. How to fix? thx

What fps do i get in Minecraft with these specs: Xeon 1231 v3 Gtx 750ti STRIX 2GB 1TB HDD Gigabyte ga-h97n mobo 16GB Hyperx Beast 1800 mhz cl9 With settings like 8 to 16 render distance, fancy graphics, 75-100% smooth lighting, and Optifine Please help :D

Just bought this laptop. It was turned on, I set up a log in account. Now when I turn it on it shows a picture with time and date. If I swipe to go to the login icon, all is blue... nothing there. I haven't had it long enough to have a backup disc made or get anything going besides that...